Holiday on Rupert Murdoch’s Superyacht

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rosehearty---sailingIt boasts five roomy suites, several luxurious salons, a gymnasium and the king size bed in which Rupert Murdoch delights his holiday lie-ins. And at present, by exactly €210,000 (£181,000) a week, you too can holiday like a media mogul, accompanied by nine lucky guests, and attended to day and night by the same number of exceptionally solicitous staff.

The Australian tycoon may head a $33bn (£20bn) global newspaper and television empire, but even billionaires can do with a little extra pocket money now and then. It has emerged that the News Corporation chairman has made his yacht, Rosehearty, a 183ft (56-metre) “aluminium masterpiece”, available for holiday rents – although of course only those with quite a few million of their own need apply.

The charter company CharterWorld.com is listing the three-year-old yacht for hire in the Mediterranean or Caribbean, boasting “magnificent” performance and “a stunning interior by famous French designer Christian Liaigre” that includes “full beam owner’s suite with king bed and sitting area”. The yacht’s two tenders, reportedly named Grace and Chloe after Murdoch’s young twin daughters, are included, along with two dinghies complete with instructor, six sets of dive gear, and nine plasma TVs.

Photographs on the company’s site of the interior reveal the 78-year-old to have a minimalist taste in interior design that one might suggest (though not in any outlet owned by NewsCorp) borders on the bland. The spacious main salon features a large sofa in beige, the same colour as featured in the internal reception rooms, and, for the sake of consistency, the bedrooms. A similar approach to colour characterises its exterior – hull and masts are a brilliant, uninterrupted white.